Door Open To U.S. In Latin America-Our Goods Are Preferred-Southern Republics Ready To Accept Us As Partners But Not As Protectors-But Germans Get Business By Offering Lower Prices And More Lenient Terms

18

12/08/1938

(William R.) Castle Assails U.S. (Roosevelt) Policy In Latin America; Denies It Is Necessary To Give Up Our Rights (‘In Order To Be A ‘Good Neighbor.’’)

Kennedy Sails (To U.S. And Meeting With Roosevelt) Saturday-Two Months In The U.S.

23

12/08/1938

(Dr. Ralph W. Sockman) Appeals To Church To Save Democracy (‘Chancellor Hitler Could Not Keep His People At War As Long As The Kaiser Did.’-Biennial Meeting Of The Federal Council Of Churches Of Christ In America)-Bishop (Henry St. George) Tucker Counsels Delegates(‘Unity Is Essential To The Success Of The Church’s Mission.’ See Entry, Dec. 12, 1938, P. 15)

Metaxas Tightens Grip-Greek Dictator To Be In Direct Charge Of Education, Worship

4

12/10/1938

(Herschel) Grynzspan (Murderer Of Vom Rath) Declares He Acted Alone

6

12/10/1938

Pope (Pius XI) Backs Britons On Aid To Refugees

6

12/10/1938

Papers In Prague Foresee Conflict-Troops Massed By Poles-G.E.R. Gedye

7

12/10/1938

Roosevelt Is Chided By Reich On Arming

7

12/10/1938

Reich Still Hopes For British Trade

8

12/10/1938

Women’s Equality Discussed At Lima-It Would Assure Rights

8

12/10/1938

U.S. Studies Way To Check Mexico

10

12/10/1938

Europe Watches Lima (Conference) With Great Interest-Totalitarian Propagandists Are Attacking United States

10

12/10/1938

Roosevelt To Ask (Government) Reorganization-Says All Concede Need

11

12/11/1938

Hull And Cantilo (Argentina) Declare Embargo On Fascist Ideals-Both At Lima (Conference) State There Is No Room In Americas For Racial Theories, Class Differences-But Isolation Is Opposed (Texts, P. 57)

1

12/11/1938

Italian Navy Gets Fuel From Mexico

1

12/11/1938

Memel Vote Today Is Hailed By (Lithuanian-German) Nazis As Move To Reich

1

12/11/1938

Roosevelt Says Free Press Is Vital To Us, And Doubts It Is Endangered From Without

1

12/11/1938

11 Ships Of War Dock In Brooklyn

41

12/11/1938

No Arms Licenses To Japan In Month-Hull’s (Oral) Plea Has Effect

42

12/11/1938

World’s Teachers Meet In August-Move To Bolster Democracy Through Education (Teachers) Will Be Taken Up-Dr. (Nicholas Murray) Butler (Columbia University & Carnegie Endowment For International Peace) To Preside

France Not To Yield An Inch-Bonnet Asserts War Will Follow Any Attempt To Take Territory

1

12/15/1938

Vast Arms Outlay (8,275,000,000 Lire) Is Fixed By Italy

1

12/15/1938

U.S. Defense Plan Is Shelved At Lima (Conference) As Argentina Wins-Latter Skeptical Of Threat By Totalitarian States, Drafts A Mild Substitute-Is ‘Bequeathed To History’-Nazis And Fascists Set To Proclaim Our ‘Failure’

Schacht In London For Trade Talks-Refugee Issue To Fore (Evian Intergovernmental Committee On Refugees)

21

12/15/1938

Nazis Seize Tyrol Priest

21

12/15/1938

Reich Holds An American (Seaman George Roth, Had Communist Literature In His Possession)

21

12/15/1938

Spies Declared Menace To Nation (By Dies Committee)

22

12/15/1938

Palestine Barred To Child Refugees-Zionist Circles Bitter

23

12/15/1938

Vienna Nazis To Rebuild Turkish Jews’ Synagogue

23

12/15/1938

Professions Aid Exiles

23

12/15/1938

Germans In Memel Win Big Majority

24

12/15/1938

Germany Replies To U.S. (Sumner Welles Note-On Property Of U.S. Jews In Germany)

24

12/15/1938

(Alfred E.) Smith Opens Sale For Sudeten Victims

24

12/15/1938

German Convicted As (Panama) Canal Zone Spy-Three Still Await Trial

25

12/16/1938

4th U.S. (Sumner Welles) Note Demands Reich Exclude American Citizens From Anti-Jewish Decrees-Sharp Tone Is Used-It Has An Air Of Finality

1

12/16/1938

Rumania Seen As Next Reich Goal; Wide Corridor To Ukraine Held Aim

1

12/16/1938

Objectors At Lima Reveal U.S. Plan On American (Hemispheric) Unity-Obligation To Defend Any Of The 21 Republics Offers Chief Stumbling Block-Argentina Rejects Designation Of Foreign Ministers To Map Out United Action

Many In Reich Deplore (Jewish) Excesses, But Fear Keeps Them Muzzled-State’s Aim In Persecution Of Jews Variously Thought To Be Desire For Funds And Wish To Break Dissent At Home And Abroad-Harold Callender

(Herschel) Grynszpan Recounts Act-Slayer Of German Diplomat (Vom Rath) Says He Sought To Wound Him (Not Kill Him-Says Vom Rath Called Him A ‘Dirty Jew’ And Hit Him In The Face After The Shot Was Fired ‘Without Aiming.’)

13

12/20/1938

Czechs Reassure Poles

13

12/20/1938

Nazi Flag Protested At German (-American Business League) Exhibit (In New York)

Argentines Reject (Pro-U.S.) Solidarity Draft-Refuses To Alter Position At Lima-Hull Still Hopeful, But Bars More Concessions

1

12/21/1938

(George) Rublee (Evian Intergovernmental Committee On Refugees) Is Invited To Reich To Confer On Refugee Issue-Expected To Present Counter-Proposals To Schacht Plan For Migration Of Jews-(U.S. Experts) Cool To Suggestions Of Loan Helping German Exports, But Do Not Bar It Flatly (Picture, P. 16)

1

12/21/1938

Laguardia’s Assailant Wins German (‘Lokal Anzeiger,’ Berlin) Sympathy

1

12/21/1938

323 More (U.S. Volunteers In The Abe Lincoln Brigade) Return From Spanish War (Aiding Communist Loyalists)

10

12/21/1938

Polish Government (‘Camp Of National Unity’) Minimizes Losses (In Election)

10

12/21/1938

Radio-Phone Link To Australia Open-Ceremony In Washington

11

12/21/1938

Betrayal By U.S. Is Charged At Lima-Smaller Nations Say (U.S.) Failure To Take Leadership Made Conference Impotent-Demand End Of Gag Rule (To Discuss Any European Problems)-Cubans And Mexicans Resent Curb On Free Discussion Of All Agenda Topics (Apparently Those Desired By Hull)

12

12/21/1938

Spanish Rebels (Franco) Fear U.S. Gains At Lima

12

12/21/1938

Chamberlain Is Seen Slipping In (Gallup, British) Survey-Nazi Regime Is Blamed-Popularity Declined Sharply After Munich-Wide Support For Eden (Churchill) Is Found

13

12/21/1938

Britain Restores Control On (Foreign) Funds-Move Against Reich Seen

14

12/21/1938

Peaceful Intentions (Already) Shown, Say Germans-Citing Non-War Pact

14

12/21/1938

Reich Industry Is United (Under Walther Funk)

15

12/21/1938

Soviet And Poland Will Extend Trade

15

12/21/1938

(Italy) Will Ease Anti-Semitism (Laws)

15

12/21/1938

Von Bernstroff (Former German Ambassador To U.S. In Ww I) Very Ill

15

12/21/1938

Refugee Tide Rises In The Nazis’ Path-Non-Jews Swell The Total In Increasing Numbers-Thousands Live In Misery-Harold Callender

American Nations (At Lima Conference) In Clash On (U.S.-Supported) Unity; Bar Persecution-President Of Parley Tells Of Agreement On Unity, But Others Deny Accord-Blows To The Dictators (‘The Declaration Of Lima’)

Nazi Camps.Release 7,000 Jews; Many Are Victims Of Cold Wave-Dozens Of Amputations, Hundreds Of Cases Of Pneumonia Reported-Freeing Of Men Follows Criticism Of Veterans’ Arrest (Only Camp Mentioned Is Dachau)

President (Roosevelt) Renews Pledges For Peace To ‘All Over The World’

1

12/25/1938

‘Emergency’ (Sic) Discourages Celebration In Japan

1

12/25/1938

(Harry L.) Hopkins Sworn In; Faces Senate Test (Picture, P. 2)

1

12/25/1938

Text Of Hull’s Speech On Achievements At Lima

6

12/25/1938

Lima Declaration A Democratic Feat-Expression Of Solidarity Of Americas Conciliates 21 Conflicting Viewpoints-Great Accomplishments Seen-Argentines Have Gone Much More Than Half Way On Road To Compromise

6

12/25/1938

No American Bloc, Landon Declares

6

12/25/1938

American Nations State Their Ideals-Hull Program Embodied-Cooperation Stressed

Chamberlain To See Pope On Plan For World Bloc To Oppose ‘Pagan Force’-Blow At Dictators

1

12/30/1938

Chamberlain Shuns Role Of Mediator (In Franco-Italian Disagreement)

1

12/30/1938

3 Professors Quit Union (American Federation Of Teachers) Called Red

1

12/30/1938

Ickes Report Ready On Big Pwa Program-Most Of $1,800,000,000 Has Been Allocated, He Asserts

2

12/30/1938

Chamberlain Finds Britain Is Strong-Notes Gains During Year

4

12/30/1938

Nazis’ Church Foe (Niemoeller) Refuses To Break

4

12/30/1938

(Evian Intergovernmental) Refugee (Committee) Body Aims To Aid Young Jews-150,000 Would Be Moved-Hitler Said To Agree To Ease Drive On Elderly If Their Children Will Emigrate-Britain To Admit 600 Children

4

12/30/1938

Britain Calls 7,000 For Fleet Air Arm-4 Great Bases Turned Over To Admiralty